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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Captivate

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Captivate is an elearning authoring and course design tool (or LCMS). It supports mobile HTML5 content. Captivate’s users are commonly midsized businesses to enterprises. Adobe Captivate includes some prebuilt assets as well as customizable workflows.

    $33.99

    per month

    LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ALynda.com (now offered as part of LinkedIn Learning) is an elearning course library acquired and now supported by LinkedIn in May 2015.N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe CaptivateLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Editions & Modules
    Subscription
    $33.99
    per month
    Student & Teacher Edition
    $399
    one-time fee
    Upgrade
    $499
    one-time fee
    Pereptual License
    1,299
    one-time fee
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe CaptivateLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe CaptivateLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Captivate
    1 common platform for reporting & tracking of completion for mandatory trainings. Ability to create own training and mandatory trainings are available & accessible for all employees + contractors
    Incentivized
    LinkedIn
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Adobe CaptivateLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Adobe Captivate and LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    9.1
    31 Ratings
    LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    7.5
    11 Ratings
    Course authoring8.030 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Course catalog or library9.018 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.024 Ratings8.311 Ratings
    Learning content9.024 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.026 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.019 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Social learning10.014 Ratings6.98 Ratings
    Gamification8.02 Ratings3.73 Ratings
    eLearning Content
    Comparison of eLearning Content features of Adobe Captivate and LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Feature
    Adobe Captivate
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    Multi-Lingual Support7.01 Ratings5.74 Ratings
    Structured Learning10.01 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Historical Metrics8.01 Ratings4.74 Ratings
    Cloud-Based Content10.01 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Automation & Integration7.01 Ratings5.73 Ratings
    Course Searches00 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Adobe CaptivateLinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (128 ratings)
    8.6
    (39 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.8
    (18 ratings)
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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